The studio plans to roll out a new catalog of films and television series first on the agenda is a new animated theatrical film, set to start production later this year.ĭetails on the new movie remain sparse, however-the public is still in the dark on what the movie will be about, or which characters it will feature. Seven months later, the pair emerged with an exciting announcement: ViacomCBS, Nickelodeon’s parent company, would create Avatar Studios, an entire new production house based completely around The Last Airbender and its sequel series, The Legend of Korra. That film ran into some roadblocks last year when Avatar creators Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko dropped out of the project, citing creative differences with Netflix. A new movie is imminent-and we’re not talking about Thursday’s news that Netflix has cast the stars of its upcoming live-action adaptation. Rejoice, Avatar: The Last Airbender fans: The Avatar universe is about to expand in a big way. Throughout the week, we’ll be publishing essays, features, and interviews to get at the heart of what made Nick so dang fun-and now so nostalgic. To mark the anniversary, The Ringer is looking back at Nick’s best-ever characters and the legacy of the network as a whole. Introduced on August 11, 1991, under the brand of “Nicktoons,” Doug, Rugrats, and The Ren & Stimpy Show would quickly become hits and change the course of animation, television, and popular culture at large. Thirty years ago this week, a rising but not-yet-ubiquitous kids network by the name of Nickelodeon launched its first original animated series.